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East Coast Heat Wave!!
- Thread starter Din Of Win
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Summer has always been my favorite time of the year, for two reasons:
Number one is good memories of childhood experiences taking place in the Summertime (Being out of school, fireworks on the fourth of July, and of course, my birthday, which is coming up in a few days.
)And number two, because of the heat!
I always loved those summers growing up when it was deathly hot. The only thing I hate about Summer is the mosquitos. They drove me insane.
Actually when I was like 8 or 9, there were nights when I heard mosquitos buzzing around me while I was trying to sleep, so I would completely cover up with a blanket to keep them away from me, until I just couldn't stand the heat under the thick blanket anymore, and had to uncover myself.
Trying to sleep in hot weather is miserable actually. I just like the heat in the daytime.
I despise coldness.
The coldest temperatures I've even been in here in SoCal were mid 40s to 50s. I know that's nothing for a lot of you, but Jesus, I was freezing to death.
Summer has always been my favorite time of the year, for two reasons:
Number one is good memories of childhood experiences taking place in the Summertime (Being out of school, fireworks on the fourth of July, and of course, my birthday, which is coming up in a few days.
And number two, because of the heat!
I always loved those summers growing up when it was deathly hot.
I share that sentiment completely. Though I cant say that I like the heat anymore, it does bring up more than a few happy memories.
I keep my thermostat between 76 and 78 and it feels fine in the whole house except for my bedroom which is warmer than the rest. Fortunately, I like warm/hot weather (but this has been a bit much).
Just heard on the radio that the hottest day ever recorded was in California in1913. 134 degrees! So quit yer b**chin it could get worse.....
I took a walk outside in the woods this morning and it was actually nice out. We'll see how long that lasts..
Really? Then maybe it was the highest temp recorded in the US. Which raises the question how much heat can a human being withstand before he keels over?
You'll enjoy this excerpt from one of my favorite books, then.
I personally believe that Ray Bradbury gave us the Operating Instructions for summer in this chapter:
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I think anyone that has a preference for either summor OR winter is a nutjob - especially if they live in this neck of the woods.
Summer - too hot to do anything. Sitting motionless makes you sweat. Disgusting. Absolutely the most appalling feeling ever.
Winter - Severely limited in what you can do, despite being able to dress warm.
Which bring me to the ideal season:
Fall.
Fall is beautiful. The temperature is in the low 20's (low 70's for you yanks
), so jeans and a shirt is completely comfortable. Even midday is perfectly tolerable, full sun or no. Nighttime may require a light hoodie at most.
Unfortunately around here fall lasts about 3 weeks
Summer - too hot to do anything. Sitting motionless makes you sweat. Disgusting. Absolutely the most appalling feeling ever.
Winter - Severely limited in what you can do, despite being able to dress warm.
Which bring me to the ideal season:
Fall.
Fall is beautiful. The temperature is in the low 20's (low 70's for you yanks
), so jeans and a shirt is completely comfortable. Even midday is perfectly tolerable, full sun or no. Nighttime may require a light hoodie at most. Unfortunately around here fall lasts about 3 weeks
Agreed. For six weeks in the summer it's too damn hot, and for six weeks in the winter it's too damn cold.
The other 40 weeks are awesome.
I think anyone that has a preference for either summor OR winter is a nutjob - especially if they live in this neck of the woods.
Summer - too hot to do anything. Sitting motionless makes you sweat. Disgusting. Absolutely the most appalling feeling ever.
Winter - Severely limited in what you can do, despite being able to dress warm.
Which bring me to the ideal season:
Fall.
Fall is beautiful. The temperature is in the low 20's (low 70's for you yanks
Unfortunately around here fall lasts about 3 weeks
Winter is my second favorite season (I said I don't like cold, but living in SoCal, it's usually not too bad. There are just those days when it's like 50 degrees out and I can't stand to go outside.
)I HATE, HATE the Fall.
Fall is the time that Summer is over.
Also, memories of going back to school.
Let's not forget that Jaco died in September. Hendrix, too.
Unfortunately around here fall lasts about 3 weeks
And that's why I left Upstate NY 10 years ago. Mid-September the weather is great in the 50's-60's but it lasts 3-4 weeks then it gets a cooler 30's-40's. Spring if it doesn't just jump right to a humid summer last maybe 1 month.
So 2 months of nice weather out of 10 months?? No thanks.
Come to California.
It's noon and 68 degrees (20 C) right now, it will get up to 89 degrees (33 C) later today but with no humidity.
